Coronation Street fans rush to praise Mary Taylor as she stands up to Nathan Curtis in a bid to stop Bethany Platt from leaving Weatherfield

Having walked in on the Weatherfield teen preparing to leave the street forever, the flower shop owner knew within minutes what was happening.

In a bid to stop her from making a mistake, Mary, played by Patti Clare, opened up about her own rape ordeal.

“Bethany, listen to me please. When I got pregnant for quite a long time I convinced myself that romance was involved,” she recalled in the poignant scene.

“But the truth is, he as an opportunist and what he saw wasn’t somebody that he loved or someone that he liked very much, it was someone that didn’t think much of themselves. Someone who could be manipulated.

Coronation Street fans rush to praise Mary Taylor as she stands up to Nathan Curtis: Mary Taylor was seen telling Bethany about her own rape ordeal [ITV]

“There was no love Bethany. It was rape.”

Becoming tearful, Bethany apologised for what had happened to Mary before insisting that her relationship with Nathan was different.

“It is painful to hear believe me. I know. What Nathan and the men did to you was rape. He allowed them to rape you.”

However, it wasn’t enough as Bethany pushed passed her and made her way to Nathan.

Declaring that Bethany wasn’t going any where, Mary faced up to Nathan.

But as the teen succumbed to her boyfriend’s request to sit in the car, Mary refused to let go.

Coronation Street fans rush to praise Mary Taylor as she stands up to Nathan Curtis: Bethany refused to let Mary stop her from leaving [ITV]Coronation Street fans rush to praise Mary Taylor as she stands up to Nathan Curtis: Mary continued to tell Bethany that she didn’t need to leave Weatherfield [ITV]